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The U.S. House of Representatives provides a convenient scoreboard for party strength, since all its members will come up for re-election. A year ago, when it was not clear that Vietnam would overshadow all other issues, many observers thought that the Democrats could escape with minimal losses. Many of...
My own guess is that Democrats will lose either 28 or 54 seats: 28 if their general level of popularity drops about 5 per cent (with most of the freshmen holding up somewhat better); 54 if the general level drops much more than 5 per cent, and thus drags under...
Aside from Romney, few governors have higher political ambitions, which may explain their silence on Vietnam. Their greatest importance, as far as affecting policy is concerned, will be the effect of their showing on their states' congressional delegations. If Romney, for example, runs strongly, he may defeat all four of...
The industry's desire is not merely to cut the losses in accidents but to improve an already sound record by cutting the accident rate. What the airlines want most is a modern, fail-safe, all-weather traffic-control system. As a first requirement, they need better airports. Of...
As the campaign drew into its final week, there were predictions that Harold Wilson and his Laborites would win by 120 seats or more in the 630-seat House of Commons. Wilson's aides were talking less ambitiously of perhaps a 50-seat majority. They feared that Labor supporters...